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Chang-rae Lee

A concise guide to Chang-rae Lee's body of work, major titles, and recurring themes.

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Author overview

Chang-rae Lee (born 1965) is a novelist whose body of work spans novels. This writing is associated with United States. Major works and useful reading starting points include A Gesture Life and Native Speaker. Key themes include Assimilation and the cost of fitting in, Memory, denial, and responsibility, Care versus control, and Identity across Korea, Japan, and the United States.

Reading pathway

Begin with A Gesture Life, then move to Native Speaker.

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A Gesture Life

A psychologically complex novel in which Franklin Hata’s carefully respectable life is disrupted by memories of war, family failure, and moral evasion.

Native Speaker

A Korean American corporate spy infiltrates a rising politician's campaign while grief, marriage, language, and betrayal force him to question a life built on disappearing into other people's expectations.

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